Issa Rae

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Marlon Wayans

Actor, Director & Comedian; Known for "Scary Movie" & "White Chicks"

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Comedian, Director & Writer; Known for "White Chicks" and "In Living Color"

Robert Townsend

Award-Winning Filmmaker & Former CEO of the Black Family Channel

Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Ava DuVernay

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

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Regina Hall

Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "The Best Man" & "Ally McBeal"; First African American to Win a New York Film Critics Circle Award

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

F. Gary Gray

Director, Film Produce & Actor; Best Known for Directing "Straight Outta Compton" & "The Italian Job"

Will Packer

Award-Winning Producer Known for "Think Like A Man" & "Straight Outta Compton"; Founder of Will Packer Productions

Aubrey Plaza

Actress, Comedian & Producer Known for NBC's "Parks and Recreation"

Denzel Washington

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Fences," "The Book of Eli" & "Training Day"

Donald Glover

Award-Winning Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director & Musician; Performs as Childish Gambino

Lee Daniels

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious" and "Empire"; Creator of Lee Daniels Entertainment

Tyler Perry

Actor, Writer, Producer, Comedian & Director; CEO of Tyler Perry Studios

dream hampton

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Barry Jenkins

Writer & Director of the Academy Award-Winning "Moonlight"

Lupita Nyong'o

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "12 Years a Slave," "Black Panther" & "Us"

Shawn Wayans

Comedic Actor Best Known for Spoofs like "Scary Movie" and "Dance Flick"

Damon Wayans, Sr.

Actor & Comedian

Boots Riley

Rapper, Producer, Screenwriter & Director; Known for "Sorry To Bother You"

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Rick Famuyiwa

Director, Producer & Screenwriter; Known for "The Wood" and "Brown Sugar"

Tim Story

Film Director Known for "Ride Along" & "Think Like A Man"

Cynthia Erivo

Singer-Songwriter & Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Color Purple," "Wicked" & Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"; Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Carl Franklin

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Devil in a Blue Dress"

Ryan Coogler

Film Director, Producer, and Screenwriter; Known for "Fruitvale Station," "Creed" & "Black Panther"

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

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Amandla Stenberg

Actor, Singer & Activist Known for "The Hate U Give," "The Hunger Games" & "Everything, Everything"